Bill Text: NY S04999 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4999 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes a registered physician assistant to conduct the required biennial examination of bus drivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A475 [S04999 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04999-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4999
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the biennial
         examinations of bus drivers employed by a motor carrier
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 509-g of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 2002, is amended  to  read
    3  as follows:
    4    1.  A  biennial examination pursuant to regulations established by the
    5  commissioner, by a physician [or], a CERTIFIED nurse practitioner to the
    6  extent authorized by law and consistent with the written practice agree-
    7  ment pursuant to subdivision three of section six thousand nine  hundred
    8  two of the education law, OR A REGISTERED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT who is not
    9  the  personal  physician [or], nurse practitioner OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
   10  of the driver. Included shall be a requirement to conduct a vision  test
   11  pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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